Cloud Computing Simply Isn't That Scary Anymore: Survey

Wed, 06/20/2012 - 22:24 EDT - Forbes.com - Top Stories

Cloud computing just isn?t as scary as it once was to companies and their CIOs. A new survey of 785 companies finds a meager 3% considering it to be too risky ? down from 11% last year. Only 12% say the cloud platform is too immature, and that?s down from 26% a year ago. Furthermore, ...

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